Clara Tauson ousts Madison Keys 6-4 7-6(7) in the quarter in Auckland on Saturday. Tauson will engage against Naomi Osaka or Alycia Parks in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes.
Clara added to her prize money $ 5,155 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,970 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Dane will add $ 9,514 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,484.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs. Madison Keys ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:52
At the end of the match, Clara scored 86 points vs. Keys’s 80.
Tauson
The Dane won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tauson and Keys is 1-0 for Clara.
Draw and next match H2H: Clara Tauson vs. Naomi Osaka or Alycia Parks – stats
Tauson will compete against either Naomi Osaka or Alycia Parks in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Naomi Osaka and 0-0 vs. Alycia Parks.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tauson grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Tauson converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tauson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 80 points. Clara was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the American (42-38). Clara lost 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Keys conceded 22 points on serve (33-22).
The Dane won the set after she broke Keys in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Anyhow, the Dane didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 7.
Nonetheless also Keys won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3
Tiebreak
Tauson won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 12th (6-6), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Keys won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (3-3), 9th (5-4) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Clara converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40). Clara saved 3 set points when she was 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 down. In addition on the other side, Madison converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dane won just 2 points more than Keys (44-42). Tauson conceded 25 points on serve (24-25). on the other side of the court, Madison conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Alycia ParksParks – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-4)
- Clara TausonTauson – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 7-67)
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-72 6-1 6-2)
- Robin MontgomeryMontgomery – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alycia ParksParks – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
